Both countries are full members of the Council of Europe, NATO and the European Union.

[2] On 18 May 2022, the Netherlands announced that they welcomed the applications of Finland and Sweden to join NATO and that they would fully support their membership.

[3] the Netherlands fully supported Sweden's application to join NATO, which resulted in membership on 7 March 2024.

The Dutch Republic and the Kingdom of Sweden have been both allied and on opposing sides in war.

It later allied itself with Sweden in the Great Northern War from 1700, contributing 13 ships of the line[4] to Sweden's 76,000-troop army[5] In July 2022, the Netherlands fully ratified Sweden's NATO membership application.